Thrilling Story of War's Effects in Germany Start
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.XtfXVI- No. ,222 14 PAGES
riHE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY"
A Pittsburgh Girl Says the Unrest in Ger
many Is Growing—Food Riots Describ
ed—German Hate To-day Equally
Divided Between U. S. and England
—Rich People and Officers Dont Go
Hungry—Common People Long For
Peace.
By MARIE BONINI BROWN
By MARIE BONINI BROWN (
I was waiting anxiously and impa
tiently in my little flat, which I
shared with a girl friend at Prinz
Regent, Strasse, 6, Berlin, Germany,
jn Friday, June 29, 1917, for a tele
gram telling me that the money for
ivhich I had cabled to return home
aad come.
I hiid waited six weeks for that
telegram, each day hoping that before
the sun would set I would be started
jn my way back home, to the United
States, which never had looked so
good to me as it did viewed those last
few weeks from the heart of wartorn
Germany. •
The telegram came about noon,
jrought by a little girl, one of the
lundred of little girl messengers in
Scrlin (for the boys are either fight
ng or farming). As I tore open the
;elegram I excitedly called to my
:riend, "It's the money—l'm going
iome—home where I'll get enough
o eat."
The child who had brought the tel
egram looked at me wistfully, her
ninsjer-filled eyes piteous.
'We don't get enough to eat here,"
the said. "If the Kaiser hadn't
itarted the war, we wouldn't be in it."
And that, I found this last year,
(specially since the' United States en
ored the conflict, is the sentiment of
nore Germans than the Kaiser knows.
The unrest in Germany is growing I
ivery day—at least it was all during ,
he war while I was there, and I
vent to Berlin in 1914, and left less I
han two months ago. I am sure mat
ers are no better now than when I
eft. With little to eat, little hope,
nilitary restrictions hedging them in
io that they scarcely can breathe,
rraft sapping the strength of the
leople, and poverty crushing them
lown, the great mass of Germany's
leople want peace. They have come
o the point that they do not ask for
Jelgium; they do not ask for Alsace
xrraine; they do not ask for Poland
—they want their own homes and
Iresides and enough to eat.
People Won't Start n Revolution
But they never will start a revolu
ion in my opinion. The people have
ieen under the thumbs of the Kaiser
tnd his war lords too long. Also,
hey have no leader. There is no
nan in the empire big enough to
tand on his feet and defy the Kaiser,
tnd, if there were, so efficient is the
3erman military system, so closely
init are the iron bands which hold
he people together to the will oi
heir emperor, that no sooner would
uch an intrepid soul find his feet
ban he would lose his head.
The Germans are a splendid people,
'hey are enduring privations and
lardships in their lives such as they
ever knew before. With a courage
rhich is marvelous, they are facing'
he fact that practically the whole
ivilized world is fighting them. Men,
romen, youths and girls and children
re all Imbued with such a spirit of
oyalty that, even though they will
Register Today
Voters have their last oppor
tunity to-day to register for the
coming election.
Polling places in the fifty-three
districts of the city will be open
until 10 o'clock to-night and reg
istrars will enroll all voters.
THE CIVIC CLUB'S
SECONT' TLY—MEASURING DAT
SEPTEMBER 29
9 to 12.
Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint
for all flies.
THE WEATHER!
For HarrlaburK and vicinity:
Cloudy and unnettled weather,
with probably rain to-night: nut
much changf In temperature.
For Kuatern Pennsylvania ■ Haln
to-nigliti Sunday cloudy: little
change In temperature: moder
ate to freiih north wlnda.
Illver
The main river will remain near
ly atntlonary. The Juniata and
Went Branch will probably con
tinue to tail. The Xorth llranch
will likely rlae aomewhnt Nun
day, at a reault of the rain In
dicated within the next twenty
four hours.
General Conditions
The disturbance off the South At
lantic coast Is movlnK slowly
northward and Is now appar
ently central off the Carolina
coast. Haln has continued In
the Sontb Atlantic States and
the Vain area has advanced
northward Into Southern Penn
sylvania and Southeastern New
York and weatward along: the
Gulf coast to Louisiana.
Temperature: 8 a. m„ 84.
Sum (Uses, B:4R a. m.| acta, 0:10
p. m. •
River Stage: 4.1 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 74.
t<owest temperature, 40.
Mean temperature, 63.
Normal temperature, 00. '
admit under their breaths that the
Kaiser has done wrong; that German
power has been used illegitimately:
that German ruthlessnesa has broken
prestige of the German people, yet
few will say these things aloud, and
none will be so rash as thus publicly
to express himself.
If a goodly portion of American
"pep" could be introduced into the
veins of those stolid Germans, to
gether with a little real news of what
is going on in the world, I am confi
dent that Germany would shake off
the thrall of war and the world's op
probrium. But the people cannot
ltarn the truth. Any newspaper
whlcj> dares to print it is suppressed,
suspended and, perhaps, annihilated.
German militarism always has made
the life of the people of Germany and
of visitors within her gates a burden.
But since the war one is afraid to
step outside one's door for fear one
will stumble upon something "ver
boten."
The German System
Since the war began, wnen I was
in Germany 1 had to report every day
to the police of the city. They had
a big card with my name, age, na
tionality and fi dozen other- identify
ing remarks about me. livery day
when I reported, that card was
stamped with an official stamp. If
I were ill. I had to send word that
I could not come, and why. That also
was marked on the card.
For everything I bought, I had to
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Workmen Should Avoid
Even Appearance of Evil
When Police Are About
About noon to-day Charles Fleck,
desk man at the police station, re
ceived a call for an officer at Third
and Market streets. According to
the informant, a drunken man had
crawled beneath the porch of the
LrOchiel Hotel. Nothing was visible
but the man's feet.
Officer Fleck immediately dis
patched Officers Paul Schelhas and
Joe Demmo with the wagon to bring
the victim in to the station.
Quite a crowd had gathered at the
hotel steps, on the Third street side.
There, plain as life, were the soles
of two big shoes, but nothing else
was to be seen of the quarry.
Officer Schelhas decided nt would
be best to arouse his catch before re
moving him, so he hit him a smart
rap on each foot with his club. The
officers each grabbed a shoe.
Following that there came muffled
sounds from beneath the porch. The
first words the crowd caught were
something like this: "What d' you
mean, you blankety blank fools?"
Only he didn't say blankety blank.
What was really said would be bet
ter represented by dots and dashes.
The officers continued to haul
away, and a moment later there
emerged from the narrow hole a
workman, hatchet in hand. He had
been employed to make some repairs
beneath the porch and had dug a's
way beneath the steps as the only
possible method of getting there
without removing the porch.
Stone Thrown at Troop
Train Basis For Report
That Men Were Attacked
By Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 15.—N0 sol
diers or others were wounded and
no evidence can be found to sub
stantiate last night's report that a
troop train on the Pennsylvania
railroad had been fired upon at
Mingo Junction, near Steubenville,
according to an announcement made
here to-day from the office of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Railroad detectives who investi
gated the affairs reported that as the
troop train was passing through Min
go Junction something was hurled at
the train, presumably a stone and
that one window was broken. No
one was sitting near the window and
no one was injured, they reported.
It was reported from Steubenville
last night that the train had been
fired upon and that three soldiers
had been wounded.
Chauffeur Deserts Auto
And Then Forgets Place
After searching several hours this
morning, employes of the Harrisburg
Automobile Company succeeded in
recovering a limousine which during
last night had been abandoned near
the Market street subway by its
chauffeur.
The car had an Indiana license tag
an.d had been left at the Harrisburg
Automobile Company garage yester
day. Early last evening the chauffeur
called at the garage and took the
car away. When he returned this
morning he was unable to tell where
he had abandoned the machine. The
automobile arrived in the city yes
terday and is owned by an invalid
woman who is visiting on Green
street. The names of the owner and
chauffeur were not known by the
company officials as they were
registered only as Indiana tourists.
"MENTAT, CONIC" MEETING
There'will be a meeting of those
Interested In forming a "Mental
Clinic" In Harrisburg, September 28.
The place of meeting will be an
nounced later.
PRESIDENT WILSON ENDORSES
TELEGRAPHS CARTOONIST
THC VKMITC HQOSt
WH.NO t ON
ZD iufliot. 191*
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Wy doar I'r. Uacauleyi ,
t an sincerely Interested to learn
of your new ork on o eorlee of cartoons -to
eraplify Anerlca'e spirit In the war. and I
bll you lodepeod In the entorprlse. X Know '
that the fines'. spirit and the most practiced"
execution Till <*o ,ato 41,0
Cordially and incorely youre,
t
C. s. Kacauley, /
516 Plfth Avenue. /
Hetr Yortf City. " S
C. R. Maeauley, formerly car
toonist for the New York World,
and now engaged in the preparation
of a series of great patriotic car
toons for a selected number of
newspapers thioughout the United
States, has received the hearty en
dorsement of President Wilson, as
the foregoing facsimile letter shows.
This is an honor no other car
toonist has received. The Presi
dent's recommendation is never
lightly given, and seldom if ever to
an artist whose drawings cover such
a wide range of world criticism as
come from the pen of great car
toonists of the Maeauley rank. The
President must have been very well
convinced of Macauley's ability,
BABY KILLED; PARENTS
THREE OTHERS HURT
Mildred Sourbeer, a small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Sourbeer, of Penbrook, was instantly killed this afternoon when
an automobile and motorcycle collided headon near Hogestown,
Cumberland county. Her father, m§ther and sister, Esther,
were all seriously injured.
An automobile owned and driven by Clayton Thomas, of
Lemoyne, collided with the motorcycle which the Sourbeer family
was riding.
Mrs. Thomas and one daughter were also injured. The in
jured were brought to the Harrisburg Hospital, in an automobile
owned by the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company.
The motorcycle was coming east
on the Carlisle pike and the auto
mobile coming trom Mechanicsburg
when the accident occurred. The
smaller car turned turtle, killing the
child and pinning the other occu
pant underneath. Mr. Sourbeer sus
tained serious injuries of the head,
MORE MONEY
COMES IN FOR
TOBACCO FUND
Admitted "Makins" Given by
Folks Back H6me Will Have
Big Part in Winning War
Contributions to the Telegraph's
fund for tobacco for the soldiers in
France are coming in#it a rapid rate.
At noon to-day the anxount had
reached $88.75. Smokes bought from
this amount will keep 355 brave boys
in tobacco for a week.
The soldiers in the French
trenches prefer to smoke home
raised tobacco instead of the poor
grades now cultivated on foreign soil.
Tobacco raised in Kentucky and
Virginia and furnished by the folks
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Coal Gougers Facing"
Refund of Excess Profits
Washington, Sept. 18. Retribu
tion in the form of a compulsory re
fund of excessive profits to consum
ers forced to buy coal now at unjust
rates may come to retail dealers who
have participated in price gouging in
many cities.
That sucl. an interpretation may be
placel upon the Pomerene amendment
to the food control act by Dr. Harry
A. Garfield, the fuel administrator,
was clearly intimated last night* by
an official who Is In dally touch with
the fuel administrator.
Moreover, there seems to be no
other was to solve the problem cre
ated by the apparent Intention of
big retail coal dealers to fouge the
consumer to the limit until a retail
price Is fixed by the Government af
ter making investigations of the fuel
situation throughout the country.
The price will not be fixed until Oc
tober 1, at least.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917.
Americanism and patriotism or his
letter never would have been forth
coming.
To this encouragement from the
executive Mr. Macauley replied:
My dear Mr. President:
I thank you from the bottom
of my heart for your generous
letter of encouragement and
commendation, written In these
hours crowded with world trag
edies.
I shalj labor mightily to ful
fill the mission X have set for
myself.
Very sincerely yours,
C. R. MACAULEY.
Mac&uley's masterpieces will ap
pear dally in the Telegraph begin
ning Monday.
prabably internal injuries and a
broken right leg; his daughter Es
ther suffered a fractured leg and
other injuries; while the extent of
Mrs. Sourbeer's injuries are not
known. It is thought that neither
Mrs. Thomas or her daughter are
injured seriously. Coroner Dear
dorf, of Mechanicsburg, was sum
moned' and at once conducted an in
vestigation.
COAL DEALERS
MUST FILE FULL
PRICE DATA
Requests From the Telegraph
Result in Summons Here
From Federal Commission
Following requests for informa
tion submitted by the Telegraph
to Dr. Garfield, federal fuel admin
istrator, relative to coal prices In
Harrisburg, every local coal dealer
has received from Washington in
structions to file with the Federal
Trade Commission full data concern
ing eosts and prices.
The data required must be sub
mitted to Washington authorities not
later than September 25, a penalty
of SIOO fine to be imposed if the re
quired statistics are not on hand on
that date.
The dealer is asked to submit
sworn statements covering both
anthracite and bituminous transac
tions. The figures are to be com
parative. He must tell how much
coal he received during a given'
period last year and how much he
was able to get from the mines this
year. He must tell whence this coal
came, the price charged at the mines
and tho price charged the customer.
The effort of the government Is to
procure full Information as to the
coal business In Harrisburg this year
as compared with trade conditions
last year.
Tho dealers arfi required to make
oath to the correctness of their
statements.
GEN. KORNILOFF
SURRENDERS TO
RUSS PREMIER
Arrested Along With General
Lokomsky, Who Bevolted
With Him
LITTLE BETTER FEELING
Governmen Undecided on
Matter of Capital
Punishment
By Associated Press
Petrograd, Sept. 15—General Kor
niloff, leader of the recent rebellion
against the provisional government
and General Lokomsky, the com
mander of the Northern front, who
refused to take command of the Rus
sian armies after Korniloff was do
posed, have been arrested.
Faces Death Penalty
The question of the probable fata
of General Korniloff is exciting pub
lic opinion. Indications are that itlie
government must face serious diffi
culties over the matter.
A feature of the conflict is the
creditable absence of bitter feeling
and clamor of vengeance. Having
re-established capital punishment at
the front, however, the government
if it spares the rebel commander
must face the reproach that it exe
cuted common soldiers for less seri
ous offenses and it would virtually
be impossible to impose the death
penalty in the future. Against this
are the facts of General Korniloff's
brilliant services, his chivalrous and
personal character and the happy
circumstances that # therc has been
no bloodshed so far.
MEXICAN EXPOSE
IS DENIED BY
KAISER'S AGENT
Von Eckhardt Says He Did
Not Use Swedish Minis
ter as Dupe
By Associated Press
TXHHIOII, Sept. 15.—Count A.
Wrangel, the Swedish minister
to Great Britain, and the Coun
tess Wrangel li ft Lioii.toii to-duy
for the continent on a few weeks'
leave of absence. Count Wrangel
yesterday had a long conference
witli Robert Ceeil, the British
mulcr secretary for foreign af
fairs, presumably on the subject
of the Swedish Argentinian dis
closures. W. F. Bostroem, coun
sellor of the Swedish legation
here, will tako charge during
Count Wrangel's absence.
Mexico City, Sept. 14. —Heinrich
von Eckhardt, the German minister
to Mexico, to-night made a statement
denying everything in connection
with the disclosures from "Wash
ington that he had been employing
a former Swedish charge d'affaires
to convey information to the Berlin
foreign office. Von Eckhardt de
clared that he had never sent any
communication through Folke Cron
holm and that he never wrote any
communication recommending Cron
holm for a decoration for his services
to Germany.
Von Eckhardt further declared
that he did not know Cronholm per
sonally, only having met him at
diplomatic receptions or through the
offices of the introducers of ambas
sadors or some such formal means.
Von Eckhardt makes a formal denial
of everything in connection with the
Washington disclosures and in reply
to an assertion that Washington had
full proof of his complicity declared
that this was merely an American
intrigue for the purpose of casting
discredit on the representatives of
Germany.
Registrars Estimate
Two-thirds of All Voters
Are Enrolled For Election
Registrations in the city districts
to-day showed there is an increased
interest in the election on the part
of voters, the registrars In a number
of the polling places reported. At
noon about two-thirds of the voters
in some of the districts had been en
rolled. and the registrars look for
many more late this afternoon and
this evening.
It was announced at the county
commissioners' office to-day that any
attempts at fraudulent registration
of voters who had not paid their
taxes and all exonerations Is on file
at the office.
Registrars in the fourteenth ward
—Riverside —enrolled voters In that
district so that should there be a
way found to let them vote they
will bo enrolled.
Auto Bandits Lock Up
Village Police, Cut Wires
and Blow Oft Safe Door
Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 15.—Six
automobile bandits drove Into the
town of Climax, about twelve miles
south of Battle Creek early this
morning, cut all wires, held up the
village officers and blew the safe at
the State Bank. They got away with
$7,000. It took four charges of ex
plosives and an hour's time to ac
complish the work.
SUBMARINES OFF
U. S. COAST IS
SHIP WARNING
Vessel Sends Wireless That
It Is Being Shelled by
U-Boat
BRITISH TOLD OF TRAP
Merchant Ships Believed to
Be in Danger Near
Nantucket
By Associated Press
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 15. A
British steamship that arrived here
to-day reported that early yesterday
morning a wireless SOS call was
heard stating that the ship from
which the message came was being
shelled by a German submarine, the
location being sixty-five miles east
of Nantucket lightship. The name
of the ship attacked did not come
clear, only the word "Abby," pre
sumably the last half of the name
being caught.
Additional information that a sub
marine was in the western Atlantic
was brought by another British liner
which arrived here to-day from an
English port. Officers of the liner
said they had been instructed to
watch for U-boats when nearing the
American coast.
There are a number of vessels,
both sail and steam, of which the
word "Abby" is a part of their names
now engaged in Atlantic trade,
The place where the ship reported
she was being attacked, sixty-five
miles east of Nantucket, is in the
vicinity in which the German sub
marine U-53 sank three steamships
on its visit to American waters in
October, 1916.
PREPARING FOR
DEPARTURE OF
FIRST QUOTAS
Boards Here Practically in
Shape For Mobilization;
Names of Those Who Go
The draft boards of Dauphin county
and the appeal board of the Middle
Judicial District are putting the fin
ishing touches to their work previous
to the departure of the first conting
ent from this district on Wednesday
and Thursday of next week.
The boards of Divisions 1, 2 and 3,
with headquarters at Steelton, Pax
tang and Elizabethville respectively,
have nearly completed the list of the
exact number of men that will go.
Steelton has 147 men certified and
will send practically all. Paxtang
has ninety-five certified and it is cer
tain that all these will take the train
that leaves Harrisburg on Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. The Eliza
bethville board is still shy ten men,
but when it receives its certifications
from the appeal board more than the
required number will be on lAnd.
Of the three boards, Steelton at
present is in the best shape in the
matter of furnishing men. This board
has 247 men certified for military
service. Each of these men has re
ceived a "pink slip" and a green one.
The colored men of this group will*
be entered into service formally on
Tuesday, when they will report with
the others at headquarters. However,
they will not leave with the first con
tingent but will be held in readiness
to leave on short notice.
Extra Cnll tiora Out
The Steelton board has issued or
ders to report for examination on
September 18 to those whose numbers
run from 918 to 1000, inclusive. When
these have been examined it is ex
pected that the entire quota of 255
f|om this district will be obtained.
The Paxtang board will resume ex
aminations on Monday and will fin
ish up the remainder of the 300 men
who were summoned on the fourth
call. The remainder of the week will
be spent in doing routine office work.
This board was occupied to-day in
making out the new shaped registra
tion cards and also the medical slips
that will be sent to the camps with
the men.
Boards to Visit Camp
The Paxtang and Steelton boards
will Journey to Camp Meade next
week in order to ascertain at first
hand the results of the medical ex
amination by the army medical men
of the fellows sent from the two dis
tricts. The result of this trip will be
awaited In the county with Interest.
Much depends upon the result. Just
about enough men to cover the re
quired forty-five per cent, have been
certified and a wholesale rejection by
the army doctors will mean that hun
dreds of men from Dauphin county
who so far have escaped the draft
will be called for examination. As
it is, It Is certain that the Paxtang
board will call at least three him
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Big Liner Afire at Sea
Puts Into Port in Time
to Save Passengers
South American Atlantic Port,
September 15. —A British steamship j
of 7,600 tons gross, bound from a!
North American port for South Af-1
rlca, put in here to-day with fire in
her coal bunkers, endangering the j
lives of passengers and crew. Among!
the fifty-one llrst cabin passenKerrs
ure many American missionaries. All
are safe.
The vessel's wireless call for help'
was heard by land stations and
measures were taken by the authorl- ;
ties to render all possible aid. Mean-:
while the crew heroically fought thd
flames, i
Single Copy, 2 Cents
STATE GUARD
DIVISION TO BE
MADE OVER
Pennsylvania Militia Will Be Wholly Reorganized
With Regiments Shorn of Identity and Units
Torn From Old Commands to Meet the Demands of
New Warfare; Part to Go to France and Remainder
Will Make Up Reserve and Training Battalions
By Associated Press I
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.,
Sept. 15.—Reorganization of the
twenty-efghth division, the Army
designation of the former National
Guard of Pennsylvania, will be ef
fected within a few days.
In its wake will be left regiments
of proud history, shorn of identity,
officers and enlisted men with heart
aches over being detached from the
old commands and. consolidated In
others.
The division of 28,000 men is to be
placed on a war footing of 10,000
strength to conform with the French
fighting units. The residue, it is
anticipated, will form a depot bri
gade of reserves and training battal
ions.
Major General Clement has passed
a week laboring over the reorgani
zation plans. No hint of their char
acter has been dropped. In fact, it
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r< John H. Neltllo* anil Aniilc Wetter, Hteeltoni Ralph W. Lnl- * '
inrMrr, Wllltea-Harre, and Wllhrlmlna N. S. Ilall, Harrlbr*| i ■
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HOME EDITION !
Is said, only a few officers on tha
general's staff knew of the changes
to be made, so zealously have they
been guarded.
Captain Harrell Believes
War Will Be Fought
Out in Open Fields
The announcement was made at
the Regular Army recruiting station
here this morning that enlistments
may now be made in the cavalry ser
vice.
"This will be good news to many
young men," said Captain Harreil
to-day. "During the past three
months, during which time the cav
alry was closed, hundreds of per
sons applied for enlistment In this
popular branch.
"The balance of the war in Eu
rope is not going to be fought in the
trenches," continued Captain Har
reil. "Just wait until our boys get
in action—there will be something
doing then."
Captain Harreil is of the opinion
that the cavalry is to play a promi
nent part in the war, particularly
during the latter part of the conflict
when he believes the fighting will
take place in the open.